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Magnentius

Obv:- D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust right; A behind head
Rev:- GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor galloping right, spearing fallen enemy
Minted in Lugdunum, RSLG in exe. A.D. 350-351
Reference:- RIC VIII Lugdunum 115, Cohen 20.

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Decentius

Obv:- DN DECENTIVS NOB CAES; Cuirassed bust facing right.
Rev:- SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES; Large Chi-Rho flanked by A and W
Minted in Lugdunum (//?SLG)

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Julian again

AR Reduced Siliqua
Obv:– FL CL IVLIA-NVS P P AVG, Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– VOTIS V MVLTIS X, within wreath
Minted in Lugdunum (//SLVG), Spring A.D. 360 - 26th June A.D. 363
Reference:– RIC VIII Lugdunum 227

17.26 mm. 2.0 gms. 0 degrees

East Harptree Hoard, which was discovered near Bath in 1887. There were 36 coins of this type found in the hoard

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Gratian

Obv:– D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor advancing right holding labarum & dragging captive
Minted in Lugdunum (O | F II // LVGSR)
Reference(s) – RIC IX Lyons 20c type xvi (b)

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Valentinian II, Western Roman Empire (AD 375-392). AR siliqua (well abour 2/3 o one anyway)
Obv:- D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II right, seen from front
Rev:- VRBS-ROMA, Roma seated left on cuirass, Victory on globe right in right hand, scepter in left;
Minted in Lugdunum. LVGPS in exergue. RIC IX 43a.1. A.D. 388-392.

A field find in the UK. It looks as though it was struck in the ground at some point, which broke the coin into pieces. The remaining coin is also bent and cracked.

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I have fewer than I would have guessed:

Augustus AR Denarius, 11-10 BCE, Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, banker's mark[?] below ear, AUGVSTVS downwards behind, DIVI • F upwards in front / Rev. Bull butting right, right forefoot raised, lashing tail over back, IMP • XII in exergue. RIC I Augustus 187a (2d ed. 1984), RSC I Augustus 155 (3rd ed. 1978), BMCRE I Augustus 472 at p. 81 & Pl. 11 No. 19 (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1866-1201-4186). 19 mm., 3.69 g. Purchased from Kölner Münzkabinett, Jan. 2022.

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Augustus AR Denarius, 2 BCE- 2 AD Lugdunum [Lyons] Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE/ Rev. Gaius (d. AD 4) & Lucius (d. AD 2) standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield, a spear, & in field above, a lituus [curved augural staff] right & simpulum [ladle] left [in "b9"-like formation], AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT (beginning at 4:00);  C L CAESARES below. RIC I 207, RSC I 43, Sear RCV I 1597, BMCRE 533. 18 mm., 3.9 g.

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Tiberius AR Denarius, 18-35 AD, Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint, “Tribute Penny.” Obv. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS, Laureate head right/ Rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia [Tiberius’s mother], as Pax, holding long sceptre & olive branch, seated right on throne with ornate legs, her feet resting on low footstool, single line below.  RIC I 30, RSC II 16a, Sear RCV I 1763, Giard Lyon, group 4, 150 [Jean Baptist Giard, Le Monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon (Wetteren, 1983)] [see https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tribute penny].  19 mm., 3.82 g.  Toned Very Fine. Ex. Tom Cederlind Sale 86 (1989), 305; Ex. JMB collection; Ex. Kirk Davis, Cat # 72, Fall 2018, Lot 80.

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Tacitus, silvered billon Antoninianus, Lugdunum [Lyons] Mint, First Officina, 275-276 AD. Obv. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP C L TACITVS AVG / Rev. Felicitas standing left, holding long caduceus upright in left hand and cornucopiae in right hand, TEMPORVM FELICITAS, A [First Officina] in left field, star [*] in right field. RIC V-1 65, Sear RCV III 11817 (ill.), Cohen 144. 23 mm., 3.4 g.

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Constantius II (son of Constantine I), AR reduced Siliqua, Lugdunum (Lyon) Mint, 360-361 AD. Obv. Rosette-diademed [despite description by all dealers as pearl-diademed], draped, and cuirassed bust right, D N CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG / Rev. Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left, both wings visible [despite description by all dealers as one wing visible], VICTORIA DD NN AVG; in exergue, mint mark LVG (Lugdunum). 17 mm., 2.06 g. RIC VIII 211 at p. 193 [both wings visible]; RSC V 259b (ill. p. 131) [rosette-diademed; both wings visible, = RIC VIII 211]; Sear RCV V 17948 (ill. p. 165) [applicable to RIC 210-211 & 214]. Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, July 2022; ex. Triskeles Auction 31, 27.03.2020, Lot 344; ex Spink Auction 16006, 26-27 Sep 2016, East Harptree Hoard Sale, Part of Lot 2929 (see https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1689&lot=292); from 1887 East Harptree hoard (one of 49 coins of this type in hoard; see article with inventory, “On a Hoard of Roman Coins Found at East Harptree, Near Bristol,” The Numismatic Chronicle (Vol. VIII, London 1888), pp. 22-46 at pp. 39-40; available at https://archive.org/details/thirdnumismatic08royauoft/page/40/mode/1up .[Footnote re E. Harptree Hoard omitted.]

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Later to the party even than usual, I believe most of these duplicate what has been shown before. 

A favorite shown too many times before is an Augustus as with countermark by Tiberius TIBCAVF.

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A severe die clash left a large die cud on the GEN LVG COS II Clodius Albinus reverse. 

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Carinus with LVG mark

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Constantius I pre-reform

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Constantius I post-reform

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Galerius 

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Here's a few scarcer Lugdunese types issued by Constantine I c.308 AD.

This was an interesting time period with Constantine in cahoots with Maximianus and Maxentius, aligned against Galerius. At this point the legitimate western augustus Severus II had been killed attempting to recover Rome from Maximianus & Maxentius, and Galerius had also been forced to retreat in his own attempt to oust the usurpers. Constantine, now enjoying the title of augustus thanks to Maximianus, and married to his daughter Fausta, was apparently feeling pretty confident in the alliance and their ability to stand up to Galerius, and issued an interesting set of coin types from Lyons essentially proposing a "new world order" lead by himself and Maximianus, also recognizing Maxentius, and insulting Galerius by demoting him with a coin legend of junior augustus (IVN AVG).

RIC VI Lyons 252

Constantino P Avg B Rp Nat (Bono Reipvblicae Nato/Natis) - Constantine pius augustus, born for the good of the state !

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RIC 278

Secvrit Perpet DD NN - Perpetual security of our lords (augustii) = Constantine & Maximnianus

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RIC 281

Temporvm Felicitas (we see the feel-good T-F abbreviation on many of Constantine's coins, but only here used as an actual reverse type)

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RIC 254

Galerius as IVN AVG (junior augustus)

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It would all be too much for Galerius - the Italian defeats, unsupers in power, and now this slap in the face. By the end of the year (308 AD) he would convene a conference at Carnuntum, inviting the retired Diocletian (who'd also been made consul in 308) to lend some authority to the occasion, to try to being some order back to the rapidly deteriorating tetrarchic system. As a result Maximian would be forced back into retirement, Maxentius would be pronounced enemy of the state, and Constantine would be awarded the meaningless title of FIL AVG, which he immediately ignored.

 

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This "PAX PVBLIC" my favorite from Lugdunum.

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Tacitus, Lyon, Antoninianus, issued November – December 275

Obv: IMP C CL TACITVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum

Rev: PAX PVBLIC[A], Pax stg. l., holding olive branch in r. hand and long transverse sceptre in l. hand.

Ref: RIC temp #3253

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Two more recent additions to my collection....

Constantius Chlorus - AE Follis

Obv:– CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right
Rev:– GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chalmys over left shoulder, right holding patera, left cornucopia
Minted in Lugdunum (//LB). c. A.D. 295
Reference:– RIC VI Lugdunum 6 (Rated scarce)

10.06 gms, 28.76 mm. 180 degrees

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I am partricularly pleased with this one.

Galerius Follis

Obv:– G VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C, Laureate, bust right
Rev:– GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding patera
Minted in Lugdunum (//PLB).
References:– RIC VI Lugdunum 13b (R2). Bastien.7 b, pl. I (6 examples cited)

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AR Denarius, 3.62g

Lugdunum Mint

AVGVSTVS DIVI F; Head of Augustus, laureate, right

IMP XIIII; Augustus, togate, seated left on platform, receiving child from standing barbarian

RIC 201A.  Lyon 65.  RSC 175.

 

@Octavius Beautiful Nero Victory. Vespasian's issue:

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AE As, 11.77g

Lugdunum Mint

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Laureate head right

S C in field; Victory flying l., with shield inscribed SPQR

RIC 1240. 

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Ref Augustus AE As, RIC 233, Cohen 237, BMC 567
Augustus, AE as, Lugdunum Mint, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRAE, laureate head right / Altar of Lugdunum, with flanking columns supporting facing Victories, ROM ET AVG below. Cohen 237.

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1 hour ago, Qcumbor said:

 

I think I know that coin from Lugdunum quite well 🙂 as a new comer in my trays for three weeks now !!

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You certainly managed to show its brown patina better than my images.

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Constantine I SOLI INVICTO COMITI from Lyon...imperatorial gestus
Constantine I
A.D. 316
19x20mm 3.4gm
CONSTANTINVS AVG; bust left, laureate, cuirassed and raising right hand.
SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI; Sol rad., raising r. hand, globe in l.; stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder. A/S across fields.
in ex. PLG
RIC VII Lyons --; Bastien 605

not in RIC for the L2 l. bust, it should be listed after Lyons 61. It is, however, in Bastien, with one example noted.

 

 

 

 

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Constantine I
A.D. 315
21x22mm 3.1g
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG; cuirassed bust left wearing laureate helmet with wreath on side; shield with wolf and twins on left, Victory on globe in right, presenting wreath to Constantine.
SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI; Sol stg. left, raising r. hand, globe in l.; chlamys across l. shoulder; across fields T/F.
in ex. PLG
RIC VII Lyons 22; Bastien 553

 

 

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Constantine I
A.D. 315
18mm 1.3g
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG COS IIII; trabeate bust left with Victory on globe in right.
SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI; Sol stg. left, raising r. hand, globe in l.; chlamys across l. shoulder; T-F across fields.
in ex. PLG
RIC VII Lyons --; Bastien 554

Issued in A.D. 315 for the fourth consulship of Constantine...perhaps Constantine was actually in Lugdunum at the time

This coin is not in RIC for the bust type, it should come after RIC 24. It is in Bastien as #554.

 

 

 

and the worst condition coin in my collection

 

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Constantine I
AD 307- 308
26x27mm   5.6g
IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.
VIRT PERP CONSTANTINI AVG; Virtus, holding Victory on globe, spear and shield; captive seated left.
In ex. PLG     
RIC VI Lugdunum 285

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Nice coins!

Have some coins of the Lugdunum mint in my “places I visited” collection and like especially this one:

Julian II, Double Maiorina.

Obv.: DN FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Rev.: SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing right, two stars above. In ex. LVGDOFFS.

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